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8/1/2002 Zak Arntson: Paladin Inspiration - Soul Reaver video game
It occured to me last night how similar the Soul Reaver game's world is to the default Paladin world. Only from the point of view of a semi-repentant Undying. Quick…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, wyrdlyng, Mike Holmes.

7/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon news
After all this time, I know some of you are skeptical on if Donjon's going to get done. I have, in fact, just laid out the first four chapters, albeit…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Zak Arntson, Anonymous, Le Joueur, efindel.

7/30/2002 quozl: Monsters
I just got a Monstrous Compendium binder stuffed with AD&D monsters from Ebay. Is there a simple conversion formula I could use to throw these monsters into Donjon? ---Jon
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Participants: quozl, Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, Zak Arntson, ejh, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

7/30/2002 xiombarg: An good idea is one worth stealing...
This is from an interview with Charles Ryan in the latest issue of d20 Weekly, about d20 Modern: We were faced with needing a whole set of rules for credit…
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Participants: xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, Blake Hutchins, greyorm, Zak Arntson, Bailywolf.

7/30/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: My first game design
[url=http://members.tripod.com/~tac_ezine/current.htm]The Physical Adept[/url] Long ago - actually, in 1999 - I submitted my first bit of game design to a 2nd edition AD&D fan zine. That's it, right above. I…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer, Zak Arntson, Jason L Blair, Jake Norwood, Paganini, Le Joueur, greyorm, Seth L. Blumberg, Paul Czege, Tony Durham, Matt.

7/29/2002 Jake Norwood: Paladin, Angels, Demons
I was actually reading Paladin all the way through today and I got an idea. See, I love the idea of the struggle between heaven and hell being carried out…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Jason L Blair, Jürgen Mayer, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

7/26/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New game (Paladin!) and new forum
Hey, everyone - I've got a forum now. After looking at how many posts there were about Donjon, Ron and I decided to give me my own little forum here.…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Valamir, greyorm, Zak Arntson, Tim Denee, Ben Morgan.

7/23/2002 Ollog Herder: hmmm
what exactly was the problem with the magic system?
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Participants: Ollog Herder, Rich Forest, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Jürgen Mayer, Bailywolf.

6/26/2002 xiombarg: Donjon Krawl (and an unrelated concern)
Played Donjon Krawl on Monday. We didn't get to finish a full game, but it went generally well. Generally. I'll get to that in a moment. We had: Emily, who…
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Participants: xiombarg, Victor Gijsbers, Andrew Martin, Ring Kichard, hyphz, Paganini, Ron Edwards.

6/20/2002 jdrakeh: Vermin - a query for Clinton...
Clinton: I've just aqquired several copies of the old basic D&D rules as well as two sets of The Arduin Grimoire books and am looking to start an old-fashioned dungeon…
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Participants: jdrakeh, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/19/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The fall of the Paladin
Paul Czege posted a very interesting thread about how humbling it is to playtest your own game, which is amazingly convergent, since I just had the exact same experience. I…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, rafael, Paul Czege, DaR, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Wolfen, Yasha.

5/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Paladin
Man, it's just new game day at The Forge, ain't it? Anyway, I wrote this over the last couple of days and really like it, but that's little indicator of…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Buddha Nature, Paganini, Blake Hutchins, Zak Arntson, Reality Aberrant, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, rafael.

4/5/2002 J B Bell: Handy generic dungeon (Donjon Krawl)
[url=http://www.hubris-games.com]Hubris Games[/url], the makers of [i]Story Engine[/i] and [i]Maestrom[/i], reviewed on this site, have a few plug-ins for their games downloadable for free. I just poked through [url=http://www.hubris-games.com/pdf/dtomb.pdf]Dublin's Tomb[/url], a…
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Participants: J B Bell.

3/30/2002 Andrew Martin: Donjon Krawl -> JB007 Spy Game
I've read through the Donjon Krawl rules, and have been playing in a super spies RPG, when I came to the realisation the Donjon Krawl with some cosmetic changes could…
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Participants: Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag, Jared A. Sorensen, Ring Kichard, Tyrant.

3/17/2002 Tim C Koppang: Donjon Krawl Adventure
I finally got around to playing Donjon Krawl! Overall it went well, with only a few snags. Most of the hold-ups were due to lack of rule knowledge, but that's…
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Participants: Tim C Koppang, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Bankuei, Clinton R. Nixon, DaR.

3/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Went to the con
I attended Game Storm, a convention in Portland, Oregon, this weekend. It was better than most small conventions I've been to by far, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to any…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ferry Bazelmans, quozl, Bankuei.

3/9/2002 Tim Denee: Donjon Dice
Does it destroy the system to use d6s insteads of d20s in Donjon? I just don't have that many d20s...
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Participants: Tim Denee, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, DaR, J B Bell, Zak Arntson, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/8/2002 DaR: Donjons in Liechtenstein
Okay, so we actually played in Seattle, and the town was called Liechtenstein... Last night (Thursday), I had the opportunity to play Donjon with Clinton, Chris (Bankuei), and James (Yasha).…
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Participants: DaR, Bankuei, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Yasha, Jürgen Mayer, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/2/2002 Zak Arntson: Donjon: Apocalypse
I know Donjon isn't finished yet, but I'm already working on a Post-Apocalypse Donjon game. Play mutants! Deal with radiation! Drive cars! Blow cars up with rocket launchers! Anyhow, just…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

3/1/2002 Kenway: Chaotic Neutral: Donjon Alignment?
I don't know if anyone mentioned this already, but does DK have anything regarding alignment/alignment tongues?
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Participants: Kenway, Bailywolf, Zak Arntson, Blake Hutchins, rafael, Balbinus, contracycle, joshua neff, Matt Snyder, Yasha, Bankuei.

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8/4/2002 Silent Tamatama: Paladins of Gen-Con inquiry
Paul Czege recommended the Paladin rpg as something that might be up my alley today and I was wondering if anyone who had a copy of the game was going…
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Participants: Silent Tamatama, hardcoremoose, Paul Czege, Bob McNamee, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/5/2002 Tim Denee: paladins of hip-hop
I'm doing a paper on the history of african american music, and we had a lecture today about early (old-school) hip-hop. The Paladins of Hip-Hop (large parts ripped from "Wave…
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Participants: Tim Denee, Bob McNamee, Seth L. Blumberg, Silent Tamatama.

8/8/2002 efindel: Aaaaag! Must... have... Donjon!
Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. :-) --Travis
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Participants: efindel, Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon, Ferry Bazelmans, wyrdlyng, Ben Morgan.

8/9/2002 wyrdlyng: Paladin: Character Gen help
I understand the concepts behind Character Generation. It's just that I tend to use adjectives to describe a character rather than convert those traits into nouns. It's just an intuitive…
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Participants: wyrdlyng, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/15/2002 Zak Arntson: Paladin - Inquisitor
My Indie Gaming Group is playing Paladin this coming weekend, and I've given them the choice (which I may have to make) between straight up Star Wars (with Jedi and…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Valamir, Blake Hutchins, Bob McNamee.

8/16/2002 Silent Tamatama: Questioning the Laws of the Order?
Hey Clinton. I got a chance to look at your Paladin game at Gen-Con thanks to Scott Knipe and had a couple of questions about the rules for Paladins in…
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Participants: Silent Tamatama, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/19/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon news (08/19/02)
Here's some exciting news: Donjon is done. Every single rule is written, equalling 46 full-size pages of fun. That doesn't mean it's going on sale tomorrow, though - I'm still…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, James V. West, Jürgen Mayer, quozl.

8/20/2002 Bob McNamee: Paladin Supers in Actual Play
by the way....played a short Paladin Supers playtest... in Actual Play Bob McNamee
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Participants: Bob McNamee.

8/21/2002 Jeffrey Straszheim: Paladin Q's
I just d/l'ed and printed Paladin yesterday, and have read through it twice now, and am very excited to play (when I can talk my wife into it). A couple…
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Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, Valamir, Bob McNamee, xiombarg, Michael Bowman.

8/22/2002 Jürgen Mayer: A comic called Donjon
On a trip to my local comic store right before leaving for GenCon, I noticed that there is a comic by the French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim called "Donjon." The French…
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Participants: Jürgen Mayer.

8/22/2002 Jürgen Mayer: Donjon - the comic book
On a trip to my local comic store right before leaving for GenCon, I noticed that there is a comic by the French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim called "Donjon." The French…
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Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Clinton R. Nixon, James V. West, Valamir.

8/29/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon is on sale!
Man, it feels good to get this thing done. Feel free to purchase - my birthday's only a week away, and every purchase is like a little present. http://www.anvilwerks.com/docs/buydonjon
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jürgen Mayer, Zak Arntson, James V. West.

8/30/2002 Zak Arntson: [Paladin] Inquisitor help
I'm working on the required Attributes for Inquisitor characters, and I was hoping to get some help from y'all. Here's the rundown: There's three major orders of Inquisitor, each with…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Bob McNamee, wyrdlyng, Mike Holmes, S.Lonergan, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

9/3/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon errata
I just read through the print version of Donjon, and found one small piece of errata, which I thought I'd share: If one person rolling the dice in a Test…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

9/4/2002 xiombarg: Paladin: Comedy Knights
When I was at a SF con in Minnesota, I saw a comdey troupe called "Soylent Theatre", "A Theatre Troop Made of People". They did a series of sketches on…
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Participants: xiombarg.

9/6/2002 xiombarg: playtest and questions for Clinton
I just ran a quick pick-up game of Paladin with James and Emily (the same couple I ran Wuthering Heights for, the first time I ran it). It underlined something…
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Participants: xiombarg, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege.

9/6/2002 quozl: Supplements
I was just wondering what you had in mind for supplements. I have a game that I'm working on which may or may not be a good supplement for Donjon.…
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Participants: quozl, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/9/2002 Bailywolf: Donjon Web goodies- soon?
Any ETA on the Donjon web-based support goodies (moster database, donjons, setting skeches)? I'd love to see what everyone has created to inflict on their players... thanks -Ben
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Participants: Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: If you read Places to Go, People to Be...
... or even if you don't, make sure and check out their new issue. I think you'll find the Once Upon a Time column quite interesting.
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

9/10/2002 Stuart DJ Purdie: Paladin Review
Review by Rafael Chandler up at rpg.net here.
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Participants: Stuart DJ Purdie.

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